Hans Dam

The biology, ecology and evolution of planktonic organisms, particularly pelagic copepods

Heidi Dierssen

Development of algorithms to use remotely sensing imagery to quantify phytoplankton and CDOM in optically complex waters, benthic habitats in optically shallow waters, and to assess biogeographical distributions of organisms

J. Peter Gogarten

Horizontal gene transfer; origin of eukaryotes and gene families; among site rate variation, dating, and artifacts in phylogenetic reconstruction; evolution of structure and function of proton pumping ATPases; inteins

Tom Harrington

My interests are varied. They include Zooarchaeology, Vertebrate Anatomy, Ornithology, Ecology, Evolutionary Theory, and Scientific Writing. I am especially interested in feeding mechanisms of vertebrates and the use of vertebrates by humans

Allison Kaufman

Comparative cognition and what it can tell us about the conditions conducive to the evolution and development of these cognitive abilities in both humans and non-humans

Senjie Lin

Marine phytoplankton and heterotrophic dinoflagellates; using molecular techniques to study growth rate (i.e. cell division rate) and ecological adaptation; cell-environment communication

Jessica Lodwick

George McManus

Protozoan ecology, especially trophic roles of protozoa and other microzooplankton; bacterioplankton growth and mortality; phytoplankton pigments

Morty Ortega

Richard Ostfeld

Community ecology; herbivore-plant interactions; behavioral, population, and community ecology of mammals; ecology of infectious diseases; animal population dynamics

R. Thane Papke

Using evolution and ecology theory in combination with approaches like genomics, metagenomics and population genetics to investigate intra and inter species variation, gene flow and genetic relationships for non-pathogenic (e.g., environmental) prokaryotes

Steward Pickett

The role of spatial heterogeneity in community and landscape structure and dynamics. Specific projects include research on urban ecosystems, function of landscape boundaries, and plant community succession

J. Evan Ward

The behavior and physiology of benthic, particle-feeding invertebrates